ACTRADE CORPORATION

Another feather in Polyhose India’s cap
R Rajagopal First Published : 10 Dec 2009 02:09:00 AM IST

CHENNAI: Polyhose India Private Limited, manufacturers of high
pressure thermoplastic, industrial and PVC hoses, added another
feather in its corporate cap by opening the state-of-the-art
vertical extrusion PTFE (Polytetrafluroethylyn) hose plant at
Kelambakkam near Chennai on Wednesday.

The PTFE hose plant, the only one of its kind in the country, would
act as a onestop shop for high quality hoses which could find
applications in automobiles, space vehicles and aviation industry,
said Y J Shabbir, Group Managing Director, Polyhose India Private
Limited.

Speaking to this correspondent at the Kelambakkam facility, Shabbir
said that Polyhose acquired EXIT SA of Switzerland and all its
subsidiaries in Germany, Poland, UK, Sweden, US, Australia and
Korea and this had made the company to have a distinct advantage in
the hose industry at the global level through its distribution
centres strategically located in Europe.

“The PTFE hose plant, inaugurated by Sakina Yousuf Ali
Jamnagerwala, is going to be the best in the world in terms of
quality and other parameters,” Shabbir said and added that 80 per
cent of the products would be exported to several developed and
developing countries, including the UK, Germany, the US, Spain,
Taiwan, Burma, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia and the Gulf. He also
said that the plant established at a cost of Rs 15 crore, all
through internal accruals, could manufacture 2 million metres of
hoses per annum with the three extrusion units already in place
which might get doubled with the provision of three more extrusion
units very soon.

The function also saw a huge contingent of delegates from various
countries at the Kelambakkam plant site.

Marc Whibley, Vice-President, EXIT SA, exuded confidence that the
new PTFE hose plant would fulfill the demands of the industry with
the supply of quality products for various types of applications,
all matching global standards.

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Polyhose India starts new plant in Chennai at a cost of Rs 15 cr
9 Dec 2009, 2021 hrs IST, ET Bureau

CHENNAI: Polyhose India has launched a vertical PTFE
(poltetrafluroethylyn) hose plant at Kelambakkam in Chennai with an
investment of Rs 15 crore. The hoses find application in
automobiles, space vehicles and aviation. The company has plans to
make tubes for the medical application in the near future.

Expecting a turnover of Rs 150 crore this year, the company said it
hopes to achieve Rs 200 crore next year and Rs 280 crore by
2011-12. Polyhose set up its plant at Kelambakkam in 1997 for
producing high pressure thermo-plastic hose.

In 2006, Polyhose India ( rubber) was set up on 12 acres at Sipcot
complex at Sriperambadur. In 2007, it formed a JV with Rapisada SA,
Italy, a fully owned subsidiary of Caterpillar Inc, US.

A company release said a large part of its production is exported
to developed markets. This year, Polyhose India acquired EXIT SA,
Switzerland and all its subsidiaries in Germany, Poland, UK,
Sweden, US, Australia and Korea.
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SHABBIR COCHINWALA
FOR ACTRADE CORPORATION
(Authorised distributor for POLYHOSE)